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willowyn in 20sknitters

Book Suggestion

Dec 21, 2007 21:02

Thinking of buying a book of mostly knitting shawl/stole patterns. Any suggestions?

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YES! atomictangerine December 22 2007, 03:10:47 UTC

I never miss a chance to plug my favorite knitting book of all time, Victorian Lace Today. I know the name makes it sound a bit stodgy and uptight, but it's really an amazing book, filled both with amazing patterns for lace shawls (and some other garments, but really it's quite a lot of shawls) and fascinating stuff about knitting history. If you've had a bit of experience with lace knitting, this book offers a lot of interesting patterns to choose from, ranging from pretty simple to outrageously complex.

Re: YES! wahlee_98 December 22 2007, 04:06:37 UTC

I second this! Emphatically!

Re: YES! quietlychloe December 22 2007, 05:06:35 UTC

Thirded, fabulous book.

Re: YES! naturespirit December 22 2007, 06:08:44 UTC

And the fourth :)

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sitandknit December 22 2007, 06:24:49 UTC

I really like most of the patterns in Interweave's "Wrap Style" book.

athenanoctua December 22 2007, 12:35:47 UTC

I was going to suggest this one too!

willowyn December 22 2007, 15:51:06 UTC

Ah, I think I saw that when looking briefly on BaN

bookfanatic December 23 2007, 06:41:07 UTC

I like Folk Shawls: http://www.amazon.com/Folk-Shawls-Knitting-Cheryl-Oberle/dp/1883010594/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198392013&sr=8-1

I haven't made anything from it yet, but I love the patterns.

sword_maiden December 24 2007, 02:54:36 UTC

Seconded. I've been eyeing up my library's copy of Folk Shawls ever since I started knitting. They're pretty patterns and if I ever get that ambitious I'm totally knitting one up.